Don Quixote (2000 film)

Don Quixote
Based onDon Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Screenplay byJohn Mortimer
Directed byPeter Yates
StarringJohn Lithgow
Bob Hoskins
Isabella Rossellini
Lambert Wilson
Music byRichard Hartley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersDyson Lovell
Robert Halmi Sr.
CinematographyDavid Connell
Running time138 minutes
Budget$15 million
Original release
NetworkTNT
ReleaseApril 9, 2000 (2000-04-09)

Don Quixote is a 2000 television film produced by Hallmark Entertainment and aired on TNT on April 9, 2000. It was directed by Peter Yates, and the teleplay, by John Mortimer, was adapted from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote. The film was shown in three parts in Europe but in one installment in the U.S.

The film was produced by Dyson Lovell, with Robert Halmi Sr. and John Lithgow as executive producers and cinematography by David Connell. The original music is by Richard Hartley. The film stars Lithgow as Don Quixote de La Mancha (Quixote's real name is Alonso Quijano), and Bob Hoskins as Sancho Panza, and features Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Lambert Wilson, Amelia Warner, Tony Haygarth, Peter Eyre, Lilo Baur, James Purefoy, and Trevor Peacock.